3-083-054 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

A Garden Fête in the grounds of Otterspool House, Liverpool:...play adapted from Chaucer, 1895. 'Scene from "The Riddle"...: The Queen (Miss A. Fowler); King Arthur (Mr. T. C. Gotch); The Witch (Miss E. Fowler); Sir Pharamond (Mr. N. Heywood)...the energetic Liverpool Ladies' Association for the Care and Protection of Young Girls has been busy in preparing for a novel gala, which combined picturesqueness with philanthropy, and on June 19, the public had an opportunity of enjoying their handiwork and of aiding a good cause. The fete was held in the delightful grounds of Otterspool House...Twice on each day, there was a performance of the Chaucer play, the feature of the fete...The King was Mr. T. C. Gotch, the well-known artist; Miss Anna Fowler posed as the Queen, attired in Liberty silk; Miss Edyth Fowler was the bewitching Witch; Mr. Norman Heywood played the role of Sir Pharamond with becoming dignity; Mr. E. Rathbone was a capital Sir Eglemour; Mr. Threlfall was an amusing Court jester; and the other ladies and gentlemen did their duty equally artistically'. Staging of "The Riddle: A Pleasant Pastoral Comedy, Adapted From the Wife of Bath's Tale as It Is Set Forth in the Works of Master Geoffrey Chaucer" by Professor Walter Raleigh. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.